Examples: The Killing Tree, Treevenge, Trees 2: The Root of All Evil
We start this list with the zaniest, nuttiest killer object I’ve ever encountered as a horror fan: Christmas trees. Hopping, squashing, murdering Christmas trees, acting of their own free will. Jason Eisener’s “Treevenge” masters the art by striking an ecological message as families are brutalized by their decorated trees, and is a seasonal must-watch hellbent on revenge. Still, it doesn’t get stranger than “The Killing Tree” — a holiday horror film that takes the “Child’s Play” soul transference route, except instead of a doll, it’s a flippin’ Christmas tree. I’m 100% serious.
